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Aber to Aber
Following the success of the Ffordd Sain project, which celebrated communities along the A470, Community Music Wales shifted their focus to the coast, exploring Welsh identity in estuary towns and coastal communities across Wales.
With support from the Arts Council of Wales’ Create Lottery programme, they worked with ten diverse communities, connecting with young people, cultural groups, environmental organisations, and local historians. Aber i Aber set out to explore what it means to be Welsh in these unique coastal areas, delving into identity, heritage, and the cultural significance of the word Aber.
These coastal towns, often bilingual, historically rich, and facing modern challenges such as tourism pressures, housing issues, and environmental concerns, shared a common desire: to have their voices heard and their sense of place recognised.
More than 300 people took part in creative workshops, producing original music and videos that express their experiences of living in Aber communities.
